Reacher
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Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
This episode opens with Reacher face-to-face at last with Xavier Quinn.
The dude has no idea who Reacher is.
He doesnt even notice that Reacher is holding a pistol behind his back.
Quinn deals weapons for profit but dabbles in human trafficking for free.
He really is a far more despicable shit heel than his puppet Zachary Beck is.
Meanwhile, a Russian mobster shows up to collect a debt from Quinn.
This guy must be really bad news if Quinn is afraid of him.
Hes put weapons into the hands of killers.
Richard doesnt even deny it.
Reacher, we learn, has suggested this so he can rendezvous with Duffy and return her badge.
Her reaction to her own indiscretion What the shit!?
actually made me laugh.
The kid points out that the best case here is that his dad goes to prison.
Hes already in prison, Reacher says.
I wonder when yours is coming?
Zacharys anger and jealousy towards Reacher is misplaced but like so vanishingly few elements ofReacher plausible and convincing.
It isnt Richard who ultimately blows Reachers cover.
Neagley fares better, dispatching two button men sent to kill her in her Windy City high-rise office.
Piss-poor security for what weve been told is an elite private-investigation firm!
The dad jokes, more than any other single element, are what keep me watchingReacher.
He calls Duffy for help, but not before several ATV-riding henchmen pursue him into the woods.
He proceeds to torture both Becks by making Zachary watch as he forces Richard to play Russian Roulette.
When Richard survives, Quinn demands a matching set.
Hes got a fever, and the only prescription is more ear-severing.
They swim out to investigate, finding evidence that Teresa was indeed kept there under sedation.
Theyre still aboard when Harley shows up.
Rather than attempt to extinguish the flames, Reacher tosses in more fuel.
And thats an explosive wrap for Harley, the loathsome little weasel.
But Reacher has another idea.
Pack your sunscreen, he says.
Were going to Los Angeles.
I wonder what Canadian metropolis will play the City of Angels.
The Margaret Lee Van Buren Center for Creation and Activity isa fictional Doylestown landmark, butSiren Records is real!
